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Book Synopsis John Wesley's Ecclesiology by : Gwang Seok Oh
Download or read book John Wesley's Ecclesiology written by Gwang Seok Oh and published by Pietist and Wesleyan Studies. This book was released on 2008 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Wesley's Ecclesiology: A Study in Its Sources and Development looks at the major traditions and sources that shaped Wesley's study of church doctrine. Wesley's ecclesiology is best understood in light of the sources and background that contributed to his own theological formation, as well as the events that he faced in the course of his endeavors in the Wesleyan Revival. Therefore, this study first examines the possible sources for Wesley's doctrine of the church and then moves to the investigation of the development of his ecclesiology in the course of his ministry. In doing so, this study looks at the large number of works written by John Wesley and the primary sources of the various traditions that influenced Wesley. John Wesley's rich legacy was inherited from several traditions--including primitivism, Anglicanism, Puritanism, Pietism, and to a lesser extent, Roman Catholicism--and these sources were instrumental in shaping his ecclesiology. Anyone interested in reading Wesley in the Christian tradition would want to read this book. Wesley's ecclesiology will provide Wesleyan Churches with a renewed understanding of their origins and a model for moving toward truly catholic, thoroughly evangelical, and continually reformed church.
Book Synopsis Wesley and the Anglicans by : Ryan Nicholas Danker
Download or read book Wesley and the Anglicans written by Ryan Nicholas Danker and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did the Wesleyan Methodists and the Anglican evangelicals divide during the middle of the eighteenth century? Many say it was based narrowly on theological matters. Ryan Nicholas Danker suggests that politics was a major factor driving them apart. Rich in detail, this study offers deep insight into a critical juncture in evangelicalism and early Methodism.
Book Synopsis Our Purpose Is Love by : David N. Field
Download or read book Our Purpose Is Love written by David N. Field and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a time of great division in the world, and too often we find this polarization mirrored in the church. People sitting in the same pew, working in the same office, and living on the same street find themselves at odds with one another politically and theologically on a variety of issues. Conflict seems to reign supreme. As Christians, we know we are supposed to love one another, but even that mandate has come to mean different things to different people. What does it mean to love God and neighbor today—in both the world and the church—and can this be the answer to the conflict that divides and polarizes us? In Our Purpose Is Love, author David Field answers this question with a compelling “Yes!” as he challenges us to recognize and reclaim love as the center of our identity and purpose as the church. Field presents a Wesleyan vision of the church as the embodiment of God’s love in the world and explores the implications of this vision for our life together. In this vision, the church is where we become creatures of love, learning to love God and neighbor ever more completely and authentically through the means of God’s grace. As a result, we bear witness to the world by reflecting God’s love more and more perfectly in the way we treat others and order our common life. With a special focus on the importance of unity for the church’s witness, Field invites us to consider the ways in which embodying God’s love can and should influence how we live as individuals and as communities of faith, calling us to reclaim and recommit to love as the center of who we are.
Book Synopsis Orthodox and Wesleyan Ecclesiology by : S. T. Kimbrough
Download or read book Orthodox and Wesleyan Ecclesiology written by S. T. Kimbrough and published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tensions Between Evangelical Theology and the Established Church by : Joseph Wood
Download or read book Tensions Between Evangelical Theology and the Established Church written by Joseph Wood and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis is to develop an interpretation of John Wesley's ecclesiology that strongly asserts his loyalty to the Church of England. Prior works have approached the issue retroactively, claiming Wesley intended separation from the Church of England primarily because the Methodist societies eventually became an autonomous Christian denomination. Though it has been suggested that Wesley's allegiance to, and passion for, Methodism often superseded and ultimately dictated his ecclesiology, the present work contends otherwise. Rather than reading Wesley as first a Methodist and then a Church of England clergyman, this thesis interprets Wesley as first a Church of England clergyman and subsequently as a Methodist. An account of the evolution of the Church of England from Henry VIII to Wesley's day, highlighting influential Anglican theologians (Thomas Cranmer, Richard Hooker, Jeremy Taylor, Daniel Brevint, and the Nonjurors) provides a framework of ecclesial thought from which Wesley's own thought and practice emerged. This approach yields a fresh interpretation, revealing Wesley's allegiance to the established Church as deeper than previously noted. Using Article XIX of the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion as an outline, the second part of this thesis addresses key issues of Wesley's ecclesiology, emphasising the tension that emerged as Wesley sought to embody and promote an integration of evangelical practice with sacramental holiness. It is within this tension one finds the ecclesiology of Wesley, rooted in the sacramental life of the Church, but not defined by the status quo. Some scholars of past and present have misrepresented his ecclesiology by allowing his evangelical practices to overshadow his sacramental theology. The present work promotes a new perspective on certain evangelical practices that are integrated with Wesley's Anglican roots. This is clearly represented in the final chapter, which re-interprets Wesley's actions of 1784 in light of new research into the writing of his contemporary, William White. In developing this model of interpretation, Wesley emerges as an Anglican theologian whose ecclesiology is a fusion of sacramental holiness and evangelical practice.
Download or read book Triune Love written by K. Steve Mccormick and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Wesley's robust view of the Church and Christian life is rooted in a Trinitarian theology of love, wonder, and praise.
Download or read book Yes in Christ written by Howard A. Snyder and published by Clements Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The promises of God formed the basis of John Wesley's optimism of grace. Wesley believed God not only could but in fact would fulfill all his promises to bring salvation to the nations; to make new heavens and a new earth; to liberate the whole creation from its bondage to decay (Rom. 8:21). This collection of essays by respected Wesleyan theologian Howard A. Snyder reflects the spirit of Wesley's optimism of grace. The first half of this collection offers an overview of Wesley's theology and practice, particularly with regard to gospel, mission, and culture. Part Two examines the inter-dynamic between church renewal and global mission. The collection also includes Wesleyan appraisals of Clark Pinnock's theology and the ecclesiology of Karl Barth. Howard A. Snyder serves as distinguished professor and chair of Wesley Studies at Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Previously he was professor of history and theology of mission in the E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky from 1996 to 2006. He has also taught at United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, and pastored in Chicago and Detroit. He has written numerous books, including " The Problem with Wineskins " (IVP), " The Radical Wesley " (IVP) and, most recently " Populist Saints: B. T. and Ellen Roberts and the Birth of Free Methodism " (Eerdmans). "
Book Synopsis The Essential Works of John Wesley by : John Wesley
Download or read book The Essential Works of John Wesley written by John Wesley and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 1868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to know how to live the Christian life? Learn from one of the foremost authorities, John Wesley, in this single-volume library of journal selections, sermons, and other addresses, essays, and letters. Two and a half centuries ago, the great Methodist distinguished himself as one of the world’s greatest authorities on the committed Christian life. Now, his most powerful writings have been compiled under one cover, perfect for personal study, pastoral research, or Christian school use. Including sermons on conversion, growth in grace, and practical holiness; essays on theological questions; personal letters; even hymns written and translated by Wesley, this all-in-one resource has been lightly updated for ease of reading, featuring scripture from the New King James Version.
Book Synopsis Reading the Way to Heaven by : Steven Joe Koskie Jr.
Download or read book Reading the Way to Heaven written by Steven Joe Koskie Jr. and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proliferation of work on the theological hermeneutics of Scripture in recent years has challenged and reimagined the divisions between systematic theology and biblical studies on the one hand and academy and church on the other. Also notable, however, has been the absence of a full-length treatment of theological interpretation from a Wesleyan perspective. This monograph develops a Wesleyan theological hermeneutic of Scripture, approached as a craft learned from a tradition-constituted appropriation of John Wesley’s hermeneutics. This hermeneutic requires a descriptive analysis of the context, grammar, and ruled reading of the literal sense in Wesley’s interpretive practices, as well as critical interaction with the analysis in light of contemporary issues. As a result of this interaction, continuity and discontinuity between Wesley’s and Wesleyan interpretation emerges and is accounted for. The Wesleyan theological hermeneutic developed here defines the church as Spirit-formed context within the larger divine economy of salvation, in contrast with Wesley’s emphasis on individual soteriology and underdeveloped ecclesiology. Within this community context, Wesleyan theological interpretation is a means of grace whereby the Holy Spirit reinterprets the identity of readers into children of God. Theological interpretation invites readers on a Wesleyan account to participate in the textually mediated identity of Jesus Christ through the gracious work of the Holy Spirit. Wesleyan identity is therefore a figurally created identity based on the literal sense of Scripture. Wesley’s analogy of faith, which rules his reading of Scripture, thus gives way to a more explicitly trinitarian rule of faith.
Book Synopsis Pursuing Social Holiness by : Kevin M. Watson
Download or read book Pursuing Social Holiness written by Kevin M. Watson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin M. Watson offers the first in-depth examination of the early Methodist band meeting: a small group of five to seven people focusing on the confession of sin in order to grow in holiness.
Book Synopsis Wesleyan Eucharistic Spirituality by : Lorna Lock-Nah Khoo
Download or read book Wesleyan Eucharistic Spirituality written by Lorna Lock-Nah Khoo and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central thesis of the book is that there is a distinctive Wesleyan eucharistic spirituality. Looking at Wesleys's eucharistic practices, theology and sources, the writer identifies a spirituality that has a number of key themes. These revolve around the dynamic encounter with a personal Christ, the grace filled life, the therapeutic growth towards holiness and wholenes. They provide a way of looking at life and the formation of characters which may conform to the image of the Christ. While there were several reasons for the decline of Weslyean eucharistic spirituality after the death of the Wesleys, the writer maintains that this spirituality can be rediscovered, revived and communicated in new forms so as to impact Methodists around the world who are facing the challenges of the 21st century. The author is a pastor in a Methodist Church in Singapore.
Book Synopsis Recapturing the Wesleys' Vision by : Paul Wesley Chilcote
Download or read book Recapturing the Wesleys' Vision written by Paul Wesley Chilcote and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2003-12-29 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Wesley Chilcote introduces the dynamic faith of John and Charles Wesley, showing how they were able to balance faith and works, Word and Spirit, the personal and the social, head and heart, mission and service.
Book Synopsis Catholic Spirit by : James L. Schwenk
Download or read book Catholic Spirit written by James L. Schwenk and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2008-01-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between John Wesley and George Whitefield has often been viewed as suffering from irreconcilable theological differences. In fact, for several years, the relationship between these two leaders of the revival of the Christian faith in eighteenth-century England was strained almost to the breaking point. Whitefield, a Calvinist, believed that each individual who ever lived was either destined for the glories of heaven or the horrors of hell due to an irrevocable decree of God. Wesley on the other hand argued that each person has placed before them two options: either to accept God's forgiveness or to reject it in favor of following one's own way. Most books in the past have focused on these John Wesley's and George Whitefield's differences, but what has been overlooked is the lasting friendship between these two men, which, after a brief period of separation, was restored for the sake of the continuation of the revival movement on two continents. Catholic Spirit: Wesley, Whitefield, and the Quest for Evangelical Unity in Eighteenth-Century British Methodism focuses on the key themes upon which both men agreed. It stresses the commonalties between the two leaders of British Methodism and illustrates the great lengths both went to in order to further the revival of the Christian religion in England and North America. Both Wesley and Whitefield claim to possess "Catholic spirits," that is, they both believed the importance of working with other like-minded individuals to spread the message of salvation through Christ. Author James Schwenk argues that they were successful in promoting that spirit of cooperation, even as some of their followers failed to understand how hard they worked at making "molehills out of mountains."
Book Synopsis John Wesley's Sermons by : John Wesley
Download or read book John Wesley's Sermons written by John Wesley and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 811 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of sermons delivered by Methodist pastor John Wesley in the eighteenth century.
Book Synopsis John Wesley and the Coming Comprehensive Church by : Frederick Hunter
Download or read book John Wesley and the Coming Comprehensive Church written by Frederick Hunter and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Theology of John Wesley by : Prof. Kenneth J. Collins
Download or read book The Theology of John Wesley written by Prof. Kenneth J. Collins and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich articulation of John Wesley's theology that is appreciative of the old and mindful of the new, faithful to the past and attentive to the present. This work carefully displays John Wesley's eighteenth century theology in its own distinct historical and social location, but then transitions to the twenty-first century through the introduction of contemporary issues. So conceived, the book is both historical and constructive demonstrating that the theology of Wesley represents a vibrant tradition. Cognizant of Wesley's own preferred vocabulary, Collins introduces Wesley's theological method beginning with a discussion of the doctrine of God. "In this insightful exposition the leitmotif of holy love arises out of Wesley's reflection on the nature of the divine being as well as other major doctrines." (Douglas Meeks)
Book Synopsis John Wesley's Theology by : John Wesley
Download or read book John Wesley's Theology written by John Wesley and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a single, convenient volume, readers can now look up John Wesley's own statements of his theological beliefs. Reprinted from the 1954 work, A Compend of Wesley's Theology, the book includes Wesley's most significant statements on the essential questions of Christian doctrine, culled from over thirty of his works.
